Month: July 2010

As I’ve noted previously, my spoken and written Polish is, at best, extremely limited (I might drop “extremely” when describing my reading ski...

I love beets in all forms – soups, salads, sandwiches, or even just straight up, raw. “Barszcz” is the Polish spelling of the popular Eastern ...

In which I go to the Polish Consulate in New York to get a visa, learn about repatriation insurance and buy repatriation insurance

This is a continuation of my previous post, Q&A, Part 1, in which I answered questions that people usually ask when they hear that I will be spending the ne...

When people first hear of my plans to do my MA in Poland, I usually get a barrage of questions: “Are you Polish?” “Do you speak Polish? “...

If I could subtitle this, it would be “Why I hate AT&T”. I happen to be the owner of an iPhone 3GS purchased at a Best Buy in the United States....